Minneapolis — What had been evident for a few days became reality Tuesday night. The Tigers will not finish with a .500 record. The Minnesota Twins, using an emergency starter and five relievers, stymied the Tigers 3-2 at Target Center, dropping them seven games under .500 (75-82) with five games to play. A week ago, the Tigers
We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after his Tigers suffer a 3-2 loss in Minnesota on Tuesday. #Leinenkugels
BOT 3 DET 0 MIN 1 Result of at-bat Mitch Garver’s sac fly Batter: Mitch Garver Pitcher: Tyler Alexander
If the pitch isn’t going to count anyway, might as well have a fan get a souvenir out of it. That’s the approach Tigers lefty Tyler Alexander took — well, “took” probably isn’t the right word — when the Twins’ Willians Astudillo called a late timeout during his at-bat in the bottom of the second
MINNEAPOLIS – Like the rest of the Tigers, Niko Goodrum is in the final week of his season. However, he has no guarantees about his situation for next year as he enters arbitration eligibility with no role assured on Detroit’s roster. That uncertainty, and the potential for an injury to devastate his situation, is what
MINNEAPOLIS — Niko Goodrum pointed to his elbow. “That hurts, especially on the elbow,” Goodrum said Tuesday, before the Detroit Tigers began a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins. “He’s mad. I get it. But then you are responsible for your actions. We’re all grown. We’re not kids anymore. From there, that’s what he decided to
Detroit Tigers (75-81) at Minnesota Twins (69-87) Time/Place: 7:40 p.m., Target FieldSB Nation Site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tyler Alexander (2-3, 4.10 ERA) vs TBD Game 157 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP FIP K% BB% HR/9 fWAR Pitcher IP FIP K% BB% HR/9 fWAR Alexander 94.1 4.52 19.0 6.2
Minneapolis — From the on-field dustup between the Tigers and White Sox on Monday, there are two separate battle fronts. One is at home plate where Tigers’ rookie right-hander Alex Lange drilled White Sox slugger Jose Abreu on the elbow with a 97-mph, 0-2 fastball in the top of the ninth inning. The other is at
Minneapolis — On Sirius-XM Radio’s MLB Radio Tuesday morning, Tigers manager AJ Hinch addressed further his club’s punch-less fracas with the Jose Abreu and the White Sox. Abreu was hit with an 0-2 fastball by Tigers reliever Alex Lange in the top of the ninth inning of a one-run game at Comerica Park on Monday afternoon.
We’re already well into the reflective mood that follows a major league season, but the Detroit Tigers’ work isn’t done just yet. With a six-game road trip set to open tonight in Minnesota, the upstart Tigers have six more games with which to leave a strong impression with ownership this offseason. They’ll kick the trip
Detroit Tigers hurler Alex Lange didn’t hold back in calling out Jose Abreu for leaning into pitches after he accidentally drilled him. There was plenty of drama on Monday late in the showdown between the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers. First, Tigers hurler Alex Lange hit Jose Abreu with a pitch. Shortly after that,…
Dan Dickerson sits down with Izaac Pacheco, the Tigers 2021 2nd round pick who recently made his first visit to Comerica Park. The teenage slugger has already impressed in Lakeland with his left-handed power, as well as a strong arm that should keep him on the side of the infield. He discusses the draft process
The Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox are taking a cue from their NBA counterparts and bringing back a classic motivational technique. As far as Chicago and Detroit go in terms of sports rivalries, there is no love lost between the two Midwestern cities. The Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons were bitter enemies during…
Derek Hill’s season is over, so he seems like the ideal candidate to kick off our series reviewing the contributions from rookies for the 2021 Detroit Tigers. The Tigers saw 16 different rookies take the field this year, with contributions ranging from minimal to critical. Derek Hill fits somewhere in the middle, with enough playing…
The Detroit Tigers were down to their final two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Runners stood on first and second base as rookie infielder Isaac Paredes stepped to the plate for the 62nd time this season and the 170th time in his MLB career. He pulled a 1-2 slider from Kansas City Royals reliever Scott
Jose Abreu starts a benches-clearing brawl in the Chicago White Sox-Detroit Tigers game. Evidently, these two teams have some bad blood, and Abreu didn’t feel like waiting until next season to get to the bottom of it.
DETROIT — The Tigers spent the summer talking about how their turnaround from a miserable start to the season should raise expectations for them to make the jump to contenders, maybe even as soon as next year. They discussed competing better against the White Sox in the home stretch as a statement going into 2022.
Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa accused the Detroit Tigers of being hypocritical on Jose Abreu’s slide after they hit him with a pitch. Things got chippy in Monday’s game between the White Sox and Tigers, resulting in a benches-clearing brawl.
On Monday afternoon, Detroit Tigers rookie Matt Manning made the second-to-last start of his first season in the big leagues. But a 33-pitch fourth inning, marred by mistakes, doomed him. “Really inconsistent with his delivery,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said. “His pace was slow. His body wasn’t moving great. It just didn’t look like he
Detroit Tigers rookie reliever Alex Lange didn’t mean to do it. “Obviously, I’m not trying to hit a guy in the ninth inning and down by one run after we just put five (runs),” Lange said after Monday’s 8-7 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park. “That’s not any way to come into